Windlass water-elevator.



E. B. CHANDLER.

WINDLASS WATER ELEVATOR.

APPLICATION mso AUG.9. I916- 1,228,295. Patented May 29, 1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELBERT R. CHANDLER, OF GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR TO- WEBSTER B. HEIDI, OF GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA.

WIND TJ'A SS WATER-ELEVATOR.

To allwkom' z't-may concern:

Be it known that I,. ELBERT R. CHANDLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at G untersville, in: the county of Marshall and State of Alabama, have invented new and useful Improvements in Windlass Water- Elevators, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in Windlass water elevatorsand has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall possess the superior advantages of durability and general efficiency.

The invention: consists in the construction, arrangement and: combination of parts set forth in .the following description and falling within the scope of theappendedclaims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the improvement,

Fig. 2 is an end View of the same,

Fig. 3-is top view of the same,

Fig. l' is a vertical longitudinal sectional View approximately 011 the line w'wof- Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view illustrating the arrangement of parts when the bucket has been raised: to swing the water chute to close the well: tube and deliver the water through the spout, and

Figs. 6 to 8 are details.

Similar characters ofreference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. a

In the drawings, 1 designates a suitable support preferably in: the nature of a platform which isarranged over and may form a closure for the open top of a well or other source of water supply.

Secured to andirising. vertically from the platform is a frame, the same including front and rear spaced uprights 2 and 3 respectively, the rear uprights being of a less height than the front. The uprights a repreferably constructed of iron, the rear members '3' being provided with angularly horizontally disposed extensions 4: connected to the front uprights 2. The front uprights have arranged therebetween and secured thereto a pipe tube 5 having an outwardly extending discharge spout 6 which preferably has its upper edges flanged to receive the closure 7 Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedMay 29, 1917.

Application fil'ed August 9, 1916. Serial No. 114,054.

which protects the top of the spout, and formed with the spout at the lower and inner portion thereof is a substantially rectangular chamber or pocket 8 which is arranged integrally with or connected to the pipe 5. The pocket 8 projects a distance beyond the pipe proper sufficient to receive therein. a water chute 9; The chute compri'sesa flat body portion 10 which is pivotally secured, as at 11, between the sides of the pocket 8 so that the upper face of the body will be in a line with the lower wall of the discharge spout when the chute is swung to an; approximately horizontal position in a manner which will presently be described. The body 10" has a round rear wall which snugly engages with the pipe 5 when the said chute is in the said horlzontal position and both the sides and said rounded rear portion of the chute have a flange 12 of some suitable flexible material, such as rubber or thin leather. The body 10 preferably has an upper facing of metal which is formed with an extension providing a lip 13.

The numeral 14 designates a latch member which is pivotally secured to the body 10 of the water chute and which is preferably in the nature of a flat strip of metal and which passes through an elongated opening: 15 in the outer wall of the pocket 8'. The latch bar 14 is provided with a notch 16 which isadapted to engage with the lower wall provided by the opening 15 when the chute is swung to its horizontal or discharge position.

The numeral 17 designates a bail member which has its opposite arms pivotally connected to the sides of the body of the chute inward of the flange 12 thereof, and the connecting member of this bail is formed with a horizontally disposed eye 18.

The Windlass is indicated by the numeral 1 9', and: jiournaled between theuprights 3 preferably at the juncture of their horizontal extensions 45. -The shaft of the windl-ass is preferably bent to provide the same with a handle 20, and wound around the said Windlass is a cable 21 which passes over a pulley 22 arranged between the connecting member for the uprights 2 depending from and central over the open top of the pipe 5. If desired and as shown in the drawings the uprights 2 adjacent the upper connecting portion thereof may be curved rearwardly so that the pulley will be properly positioned with relation to the center of the pipe 5. The cable 21 passes through an elongated opening in a flange cap 23 which has its bottom formed with a preferably centrally arranged valve seat normally closed by a gravity valve 36, the stem 27 of said valve normally extending below the bottom of the pocket.

Any number of tube members 28 may be connected to the lower end of the pipe section 5 so that the bucket will be properly guided from the supply of the well through the pipe 5. The bucket is of a length sufficient to permit of its handle portion 24 engaged with the eye 18 of the bail 17 of the Water chute to swing the chute upon its pivot to permit the same through the medium of its latch member 1 1 being retained horizontally with relation to the pipe 5 and in a discharge position with relation to the discharge spout 6. After the drum has been actuated to wind the cable thereon to permit of the arrangement of parts as just stated, the handle of the cable is released, permitting the bucket to drop by gravity so that its valve stem 27 will contact with the upper face of the water chute, permitting the water to flow from the said pocket, through the chute and through the discharge spout 6.

Suitable brace members 29 may be employed for connecting the rear uprights 3, and if necessary, spring supports may be provided for the front uprights as well as for the pipe 5.

The latch bar will hold the water chute in a horizontal position until actuated to permit of the same swinging into the pocket. The Windlass may be provided with a suitable stop so that the pocket may be retained by the cable above the chute and its valve stem out of contact with the said chute. Thus it will be noted that any desired quantity of water may be permitted to flow from the bucket through the chute and so it is not at all necessary that all the water in the bucket be dispensed therefrom at one time.

From the above description, taken in connection' with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as Well as the advantages thereof will it is thought be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains with out further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a well, a platform of the well, a frame upon the platform, a' pipe member supported by the frame, a discharge spout formed upon the pipe member, a pocket formed with the spout and the pipe member disposed below the spout and outward of the pipe member, a water chute pivoted between the sides of the pocket, said chute including a body member having a flexible flange adapted to contact with the pipe and with the sides of the chute when the same is in a discharge position to be wholly received in the pocket when in an inoperative position, a latch for holding the chute in a discharge position, a bucket playing' in the pipe, said bucket having a valved bottom provided with an extending stem, a bail for the discharge chute provided with an eye, a cable for the bucket passing through the eye, and a windlass upon the frame forthe cable.

2. In a device'for the purpose described, a base, a frame upon the base, a pipe supported between the front uprights and the frame, a Windlass from the rear uprights of the frame, a cable trained over the pulley of the connecting member of the front uprights of the frame and connected with the valve in the pipe, said pipe having a discharge spout, a pocket formed with the discharge spout and with the pipe, a pivoted water chute'in the pocket, a notched latch rod connected with the water chute and passing through the elongated opening in the pocket, a flexible flanged side for the chute, the bail having an eye through which the cable passes and which is connected with the chute, and a lipped base plate upon the body of the chute. y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ELBERT R. CHANDLER.

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